ambassador
UK /æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/ · US /æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/ noun
Forms ambassadors ambassadour embassador embassadour
- noun A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
- noun An official messenger and representative.
- noun A corporate representative, often the public face of the company. “As front hall porter, you are an ambassador for the hotel.”
- noun (sports) A player who is an excellent role-model and who upholds the integrity of the game and thereby contributes to the sport's popularity and growth.
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Etymology
From Middle English ambassadore, from Anglo-Norman ambassadeur, from Old Italian ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).
Displaced native Old English ǣrendraca.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A minister of the highest rank sent a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
- noun An official messenger and representative.
Etymology [See Embassador.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ambassador”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details